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The Age of Agile

How Smart Companies Are Transforming the Way Work Gets Done

Stephen Denning

AMACOM, 2018

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Good management practices stop working amid rapid change. For that reason, many businesses have chosen to adopt agile management practices. In 2001, the pioneers of this approach, which originated in the software development industry, created the “Manifesto for Agile Software Development,” often called the “Agile Manifesto.” This core document asserts that developers of high-quality software must abandon some of the core principles of 20th-century management to enter “the age of agile.” Management expert Stephen Denning lucidly explains the origins and principles of agile management with illustrative case studies.

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Toward the end of 2003, a well-trained, well-equipped US Army task force in Iraq couldn’t defeat a group of poorly armed opponents.
The task force functioned as trained while its foes united as a flexible network. In such a volatile situation, a military machine couldn’t match an insurgent network.
Like the armed forces, businesses have now come to see that flexibility is their best hope for survival in an uncertain world.

About the Author

Stephen Denning worked at the World Bank for several decades in various management positions. A consultant to governments and companies, he’s written business books, many articles on management, a novel and a volume of poetry.

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A. I. 2 weeks ago

Respecto a la era de lo ágil es importante tener en cuenta que la coordinación entre equipos, áreas, personas es fundamental para el funcionamiento de una empresa o proyecto que se quiera desarrollar, el cual no importa el rango que tengan las personas, lo importante es que todos sepan cual es el objetivo y hacia donde se quiera llevar a la empresa; adicionalmente la tecnología juega un papel fundamental para que los procesos e información fluya de forma mas rápida y practica.
A. M. 4 months ago

Good summary with nice examples
O. H. 6 months ago

Great examples

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